Duddeston railway station

Duddeston railway station is situated in the Duddeston area of Birmingham, England on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line and the Walsall line. Services on both lines are usually operated by Class 323 electric multiple units.

History

Duddeston opened in 1837 as Vauxhall station, the temporary Birmingham terminus of the Grand Junction Railway from Warrington. When the permanent terminus at Curzon Street opened in 1839, Vauxhall became a goods-only station until it was rebuilt and re-opened in 1869 under the LNWR. It was renamed Vauxhall and Duddeston in 1889. In 1941 it was hit by a bomb during a night raid and was destroyed. It was rebuilt in a temporary fashion, and in the mid-1950s it caught fire and was subsequently rebuilt. It was renamed Duddeston on 6 May 1974.

The entrance and ticket hall are over the tracks, on the Duddeston Mill Road bridge. The former Midland Railway line to Derby is nearby.

Adjacent are railway sheds that were once used for industrial purposes. They are now disused and the entrance has been blocked to prevent trespassing. A shed on the opposite side of the station to the remaining sheds has been demolished and its site is wasteland. The station has two island platforms serving four tracks, but only one island platform remains in use; the other has fallen into disrepair.

The remaining platform features artwork on black metal backgrounds.

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  Vauxhall station in 1837.

• Duddeston station artwork - 2008-10-16.jpg

  Platform artwork and disused sheds.

Services

Two services in each direction run every hour:

• on the Cross-City Line, between Four Oaks and Redditch/Longbridge, calling at all stations.

• on the Walsall Line, between Walsall and Birmingham New Street, calling at all stations. Some early morning and late evening trains on weekdays continue past Walsall to Hednesford or Rugeley Trent Valley. Three trains per day continue from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street.

London Midland proposed the closure of the ticket office. The request has been denied.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aston		London Midland Cross-City Line		Birmingham New Street
		London Midland Chase Line

External links

• Train times and station information for Duddeston railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Duddeston Station
• Warwickshire Railways page